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Fiied Aug. 21, 1951 I f/ao Y L25 Through the u clearly Patented Nev.1,1932 i UNITED STATES PATENT oFFl'cE I REDEBIGK IB'. mx, OF BROOKLYN,NEW

YORK, ASS'IGNOB TO JOSEPH DIXOQNl CRUCIBLE u Y. mm, OF JERSEY CITY, NEWJERSEY, A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY Box Application illed August 21,1931. Serial No.A 558,446. l

This invention relates to an improvement in boxes or cartons and has forits object to provide an eilicient and simple means for sealing thesame. Vith boxes or cartons of ilthe telescopic kind used for containingmerchandise of reasonable weight, some means is generally used to holdthe box body and cover together in their telescoped or closed position.In some instances a string is used .10. for this purpose. vIn othercases, labels or stickers are adhesively attachedvto seal the cover onthe box.- These and other imprac- A tical and ineiiicient means havebeen utilized to secure the box cover in place. use of the inventionherein set forth, such extra sealing instrumentalities are dispensedwith and struck-out tab Y portions are provided on the box cover toformsealing members for holding the box m .and its cover together andfor incidentally preventing access to the contents of the box withoutbreaking these seals. Y

Another feature of the invention resides in the position of these tabsrelative to the 25 other box parts, so that while these tab porons areintegrally formed from parts of.

the box cover, they are so located that the -box cover is in no mannerweakened by the formation of these tabs.

' 3 In the accompanying drawing, showing the preferred embodiment of theinvention, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a box or carton made inaccordance with the invention, with the bottom of the box arrangeduppermost to. show the sealing tabs; Fig. 2 is a sectional view takenlongitudinally of the box; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank fromwhich the-cover of the box is formed. The box forming the subject matterof this m invention is preferably of simple telescopic form and has a.body or containing-chamber 4 and a cover member 5 which telescopes withor ts over the body. The box body 4 is preferably formed froma singlecard-board i sheet or blank, and by folding the blank a conventionalbottom 6, end walls 7 and side 8 are provided on' the box body.4 Boththe end walls and side walls are of double thickness for the purpose ofadding rigidity and strength to the structure.

lines 12 and 17.

The cover member 5, to which the invention particularly relates, isformed from the single card-board sheet or blank shown in Fig. 3. Thisblank has a central portion 9 that forms the top of the cover, and whichis bounded by the fold lines 10, 11, 1 2 and 13. The side walls for thecover are formed from the iaps 14 and 15 provided on the blank, each ofthese flaps being longitudinally folded twice tol produce a wallof/:double thick- Thus, the Hap 14 is folded inwardly on the two foldlines and 16 and the flap 15 is similarly folded inwardly on the two Thetwo layers of each side wall so produced mayv be adhesively securedtogether if desired. Cut-outs provided in the flaps 14 and 15 enable thebox body 4 to be easily engaged by the fingers and drawn out of thecover5. v

At 21 and 22 are shown two flaps which when folded inwardlyI form theend walls of the cover. These consist of integrally formed partsprovidedon the ends of the blank shownV in Fig. 3. The iap 21 is foldedon the lines v11 and 23, while the iiap 22 is similarly folded on thelines 13 and 24. Supand 22 is provided with a struck-out tab 2 5, whichwhen the body of the box -is located within the cover, v

overlies the outer face of the bottom of the box as disclosed in'Fig. 1.The face of each 'of the tabs 25 in contact with the bottom of the boxis adhesively secured to the bottom, and the box is thus eil'ectivelysealed with the two telescoped parts of the box securely held together.lt will be seen that the base of each of the tabs is located on one ofthefold lines of the flap from w 'ch it is struck, and that each of saidtabs is struck out from the body of a cover end wall and .is whollysurrounded by the material thereof so that the y formation of said tabsdoes not break mateg i v j 1,886,211

strength of each of the end walls is not affected to any great extent bythe formatlon of the tabs, and a rigid and sturdy box structure Iresults. f When the box is in its sealed condition as shown in Fig. 1,it will be seen that access to the contents of the box is impossibleWithout destroying the adhesive connection between the flaps 25 and thebottom of the box. Yl hus, any unauthorizedopening of the box or removalof a part of the contents thereof may beinstantly detected by'anexamination of the sealing flaps 25. Moreover, by the use of sealingtabs at the front and rear ends of the cover in cooperation with thelower surface o f the box, the cover is caused to lit over the box inoresnugly and soepresent an improved appearance. What I claim is 2@ 1. Abox having a body portion and a cover portion telescoped thereon, saidcover being formed roma blank having side and end flaps, each flap beingfoldable on a line at the edge of the blank and on a line spaced fromthe blank to provide side and end walls of double thickness throughouttheir lengths, the side flaps having cut-out notches on the fold linesspaced from the edge of the blank forming finger grips on the bodyportion of 80 the box and the end iaps having relatively small tabs cutout therefrom inwardly of the outer edges of the flaps without destroyinthe continuity f the outer section of the end flaps forming the doublewalls, said tabs being bendable on the fold lines spaced from the edgeof the blank to underlie the bottom of the'body portion and beadhesively secured thereto.

2. A box having a body portion and a 40 cover portion telescopedthereon, said cover being formed from a blank having side and end flaps,each flap being foldable on a line at the edge of the blank and on aline spaced from the blank to provide walls of double 5 thickness, theouter section of each end Hap having a relatively small tab cut outtherefrom in spaced relation to the free edge of the Hap andintermediate the ends of th'e ap without destroying the continuity ofthe end 5o flap sections and double walls and said tabs being bendableupon the fold lines spaced from the edge of the blank to underlie thebottom of the body portion and be adhesiveiy secured thereto.

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